Reading Competency

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Reading Competency where does it stand?

• Barbara Illowsky (chair), De Anza College
• illowskybarbara_at_deanza.edu
• Anne Argyriou, Reading, De Anza College
• argyriouanne_at_deanza.edu
• Tim Brown, Reading, Riverside City College
• tim.brown_at_rcc.edu
• Dianne McKay, Mission College
• dianne_mckay_at_wvm.edu

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OutcomesAt the end of this session, we will

• understand various current practices across the
  state
• grasp the implications of the survey results
• determine next steps for reading competency
  statewide

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Agenda

• Welcome, Introductions Background Title 5,
  Res. 9.08 Sp06, Survey (15 minutes)
• Survey results (5 minutes)
• Implications of survey results (25 min.)
• Next steps (30 min.)
• Wrap up (5 minutes)

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Introductions

• Name College
• What is your interest in attending this session?

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Title 5 EDUCATION

• DIVISION 6. CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
• CHAPTER 6. CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
• SUBCHAPTER 1. PROGRAMS, COURSES AND CLASSES
• ARTICLE 6. THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE

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55063. Minimum Requirements for the Associate
Degree

• The governing board of a community college
  district shall confer the associate degree upon a
  student who has demonstrated competence in
  reading, in written expression, and in
  mathematics,

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Resolution 9.08, Spring 2006

• Resolved, That the Academic Senate for
  California Community Colleges research current
  practices and the need for reading competency
  systemwide to develop a position paper on this
  topic.

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Survey Results

• 61 colleges represented (out of 110)
• Not all numbers add to 110 as some questions were
  skipped
• Question 1 name college

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Q2 Does your college have an EXPLICIT reading
proficiency graduation requirement stated on the
graduation checklist and fulfilled by reading
coursework or a specific reading assessment?

• yes 25/57 (43.9)
• no 32/57 (56.1)

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Q3 For yes on 2 What is the requirement?
(Check all that apply)

• Successful completion of a specific reading
  course 16/24
• Successful completion of a specified ESL course
  2/24
• Minimum score on a college level reading
  assessment 15/24
• Other 13/24

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Q4 For no on 2 Does your college have an
IMPLICIT reading proficiency graduation
requirement that is subsumed in an English or ESL
course?

• yes 23/29 (79.3)
• no 6/29 (20.7)

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Q5 What assessment test does your college use to
measure reading achievement?

• Accuplacer 20/37 (54.1)
• ACT Compass 11/37 (29.7)
• CTEP (College Tests for English Placement
  Reading Comprehension) 5/37 (13.5)
• Locally developed 1/37 (2.7)
• Other 3/37 (8.1)

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Q6 Do you offer specific reading courses
(meaning not embedded in nor integrated with a
writing course)?

• yes 34/46 (73.9)
• no 12/46 (26.1)

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Q7 What are the different levels of reading you
offer? (Select all that apply)

• CSU transferrable meets CSU Critical Thinking
  requirement 7/30 (23.3)
• CSU transferrable CSU elective units only
  11/30 (36.7)
• Credit non-transfer associate degree
  applicable 18/30 (60.0)
• Credit non-transfer non-associate degree
  applicable 26/30 (86.7)
• Non-credit 4/30 (13.3)

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Q8 Do you have a specific reading prerequisite
for English 1A (freshman composition)?

• yes 9/30 (30.0)
• no 21(70.0)

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Q9 Does your college have a reading program with
full-time faculty whose primary assignment is
teaching reading courses?

• yes 19/39 (48.7)
• no 20 (51.3)

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Q10 Do you have a reading ADVISORY for your
transfer courses?

• Yes, a specific reading course (or reading
  placement score) for ALL transfer courses 6/39
  (15.4)
• Yes, a specific reading course (or reading
  placement score) for SOME transfer courses 6/39
  (15.4)
• Yes, subsumed in a specific English course (or
  placement score) for ALL transfer courses 3/39 (
  7.7)
• Yes, subsumed in a specific English course (or
  placement score) for SOME transfer courses 7/39
  (17.9)
• No 17/39 (43.6)

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Q11 Do you have a reading PREREQUISITE for your
transfer courses?

• Yes, a specific reading course (or reading
  placement score) for ALL transfer courses 3/39
  (7.7)
• Yes, a specific reading course (or reading
  placement score) for SOME transfer courses 2/39
  (5.1)
• Yes, subsumed in a specific English course (or
  placement score) for ALL transfer courses 3/39
  (7.7)
• Yes, subsumed in a specific English course (or
  placement score) for SOME transfer courses 7/39
  (17.9)
• No 24/ 39 (61.5)

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Q12 Is your college tracking reading achievement
level as it contributes to transfer course
success?

• Yes, we are tracking reading achievement levels
  for ALL of these courses 3/37 (8.1) 3
• Yes, we are tracking reading achievement levels
  for SOME of these courses 4/37 (10.8)
• No, but we have been discussing the need to track
  reading achievement level 11/37 (29.7)
• No, because we are not currently able to track
  reading achievement level 17/37 (45.9)
• No, because we do not have the need to track
  reading achievement level 2/37 (5.4)

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Q13 Is your college tracking reading achievement
level as it contributes to Career Technical
Education course success?

• Yes, we are tracking reading achievement levels
  for ALL of these courses 0/35
• Yes, we are tracking reading achievement levels
  for SOME of these courses 5/35 (14.3)
• No, but we have been discussing the need to track
  reading achievement level 11/35 (31.4)
• No, because we are not currently able to track
  reading achievement level13/35 (37.1)
• No, because we do not have the need to track
  reading achievement level 7/35 (20.0)

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Q14 What is your college doing to account for
reading competency in your graduates?

• We have a plan in place that accounts for reading
  competency for graduation 12/38 (31.6)
• We are discussing the need for reading competency
  through our local Academic Senate and/or in our
  Curriculum Committee 7/38 (18.4)
• We have not been discussing this need but may in
  the future18/38 (47.4)
• We do not have the need to address reading
  competency for graduation at our college 2/38
  (5.3)

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Implications Discussion

• What are the implications of the survey results
  for the state?
• What are the implications of the survey results
  for your college?
• Break into group
• Report out

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Next steps

• Now what? In other words, are there any steps
  that ASCCC should take? Any resolutions?

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Wrap Up